Chlordecone: the Chernobyl Caribbean

In 2003, the study "Hisbiscus" was launched in Guadeloupe, with Dr. Kadhel, surgeon and obstetrician in the service of the University Hospital of Gynecology and Obstetrics Guadeloupe. She was to identify the presence of the pesticide in the abdominal fat of pregnant women. "The Chlordecone was detected in abdominal fat than 100% of women, which suggests to Dr. Khadel the entire population of Guadeloupe is contaminated, in the blood of 90% of them, but also in cord blood 94% in breast milk 3 days after delivery (40%). "This information is not just alarmist, it tends to raise awareness to everyone on the severity of contamination.

Source: http://guadeloupe.rfo.fr